Car Jam: Escape Traffic Puzzle 12+

Fun game with one exception

I like the game. It requires some thought and planning. It does require watching ads to unlock additional parking spaces, but that’s better than having to buy stuff to win. There is one glaring problem. When you fill all the parking spaces, it defaults to the buy (with in game “coins”) or watch an ad to sort the passengers and unlock an additional parking space. The X to close this dialogue box is in the same place as the locked parking spaces. I have occasionally gone to click on a parking spot to unlock it with coins, but hit the X instead. At this point you get a screen that says “Defeat?” and your ONLY option is to confirm defeat and start the level over. WHY ISN’T THERE AN OPTION TO RETURN TO THE DIALOGUE BOX AND WATCH THE AD??? It is incredibly frustrating to accidentally click the wrong button and lose all progress and have to start over. Five stars if you fix the involuntary quit problem.

UPDATE: Leaving the 4 stars. This response is useless. I like the skill level. My problem is “Defeat?” is a question that only has one answer (“confirm”). If I still have moves and options, why shouldn’t I be able to return to the game? What’s the point of making me confirm defeat?

Developer Response ,

Our game indeed requires a combination of brainpower and attention to detail, and is full of challenges. Thank you for your understanding.

Great Concept, Poor Execution

I caved and installed this game, got addicted quickly, but had to leave a review after consistently playing. I even bought the permanent ad removal expecting no ads but it only lessened them and didn't remove them entirely. I was also hoping it would permanently unlock the extra parking spaces because it's extremely cumbersome to have to manually unlock each parking space every round, which requires you to watch ads. If I paid to remove ads then why haven't all parking spaces permanently unlocked? I understand watching ads to access some extra features but not features required to successfully play a level. I should still be able to defeat a level with either the minimum amount of parking spaces or the full amount of parking spaces without wasting several minutes watching very long ads. I'm disappointed the purchase I made didn't actually mean less interruptions. If I don't want to watch ads I can use boosters but guess what? You have to buy them with coins. You don't earn any boosters regardless of how well you play the game. You get no rewards for beating any levels. Only miniscule amounts of coins. If I wanted to play this game uninterrupted I would have to buy an exorbitant amount of coins to skip ads, which is unacceptable. I'll have to uninstall. I'm going to miss playing this game but not at the cost of wasting time waiting for ads to finish. I guarantee I've watched more ads in this game than actually played the game itself.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your valuable suggestion. We have already provided feedback to the planners. We will continue to release fun levels and holiday activities, and we will do our best to meet the needs of our users. Thank you for your liking and support.

Some levels impossible without ads

I’ve been enjoying this game until recently, there are some levels that are solvable with a few tries but ag least half if not a majority I will try upwards of 20 times before realizing that they require watching ads to unlock extra spaces. If I just need one extra space I don’t mind too much watching one ad but what drives me beyond insane is when I have to watch 3-5 ads in order to complete one level. And sometimes it still takes multiple tries to get there. I just finished a level that I watched about 15 ads in order to finally get through, that is insane. And the ads aren’t short, many are like 60-90 seconds at least. It’s not fun when it’s impossible, and it’s not fun when you spend the same amount of time watching ads as you do playing. Thankfully outside of tr ads fit extra spaces and other boosts, there aren’t too many required ones. Also, it irks me that you can’t see what color car is next in line coming out of the tunnels. It would help a lot to at least know what’s next. Please do level testing to make sure that the levels are possible to solve without an ad, I’m truly not convinced some of them are.